Report: Partial rollback seen for sales tax hike

The Sun-Times reports: The Cook County Board is likely to vote today to roll back half of the 1 percentage point sales tax increase it approved a year ago.

The tax would be cut by Jan. 1 -- a little more than a month before voters head to the polls for the primaries.

The rollback would mean the county's share of the sales tax would fall from 1.75 percent to 1.25 and take the city's overall 10.25 percent sales tax -- the highest among big cities -- down to 9.75 percent.

Cook County Cmsr. John Daley, the powerful chair of the Finance Committee, said that "unless something drastically changes" he is sure the board has enough votes not only to pass the legislation during Tuesday's meeting but also the 14 votes needed to block another of Board President Todd Stroger's vetoes.